Ornamental heel



g- 15, 1933- c. MILLER El AL 1,922,058

ORNAMENTAL HEEL Filed May 21, 1930 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 15,1933 PATENT OFFICE ORNAMENTAL HEEL Charles Miller, Long Island City, andMaynard Lieberman, Bronx, N. Y.

Application May 21, 1930. Serial No. 454,233

5 Claims.

This invention relates to the shoe art and deals more specifically witha method of finishing and ornamenting heels of ladies shoes. In ourcopending application Serial No. 414,820, filed December 17, 1929, wehave disclosed in detail the process and apparatus for coloringcelluloid covered heels of ladies shoes to match any desired color, suchas, for example, the color of the upper leather of the shoe to which theheel is attached. This application is a continuation in part of ouraforesaid copending application, and comprehends an extension of theprinciples outlined in our aforesaid application and an application ofthem to the problem of ornamenting celluloid covered heels.

In its broadest aspect this invention comprises the use of a stencil cutout with a pattern of the desired ornamental design to be applied to theheel; and the application of the coloring material over the stencilheldin position on the heel, whereby the ornamental design is applied.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. 1 shows an ornamented shoe heel and Fig.2 shows a similar shoe heel with a stencil still adhering to it.

As a specific example of the method involved herein for ornamenting acelluloid covered heel, we take a sheet of celluloid such as is atpresent used in the coating of wooden heels for ladies shoes, dip thecoating in a suitable organic solvent such as butyl acetate or acetone,for example, whereby to render the same pliable and tacky. It isunderstood, of course, that the desired pattern may be cut out of thecelluloid coating either before or after the coating is shaped to theheel, preferably before; and the thus treated celluloid sheet is appliedto the celluloid covered heel to be treated whereby to contact smoothlyand intimately therewith. Of course, if it is desired to apply a designwhich occupies only a small portion of the surface of the heel, thestencil or coating need not necessarily cover the entire surface of theheel but may be of just sufficient size to insure proper application ofthe design at the desired point. However, we prefer in all cases toutilize a stencil which is identical in contour with and completelycovers the heel.

to which it is applied, except perhaps at the breast face of the heel.We next apply a coating of a suitable organic solvent such as butylacetate or acetone, as is more fully set forth in our aforesaidcopending application, whereby to I render the celluloid covering of theheel, as distinguished from the celluloid stencil, sufiiciently tacky toreceive the coloring material. We next spray, or otherwise apply, acoating of the coloring material of the desired color and shade over thestencil with the result that the desired design is applied to the heel.It remains now only to remove the celluloid stencil which may be easilyaccomplished by pulling the same off the heel. 0 We have found inpractice that the use of a celluloid stencil gives highly desirableresults and thatthe same stencil may be used repeatedly in this process.

It will be understood that the present invention is not limited to theuse of any particular material for the stencil nor for any particularcomposition of organic solvents or dyeing material. We have found as apractical matter that the materials disclosed in our aforesaid copendingapplication for rendering the celluloid tacky and also for coloring thecelluloid as desired are practical and give highly desirable results.Reference is made to our aforesaid copending application for thecomposition of solvent and coloring materials used. Also the methods ofspraying disclosed in our copending application are utilized inpracticing the present invention, but we may also apply the chemicals tothe heel by painting or dipping. I

There are several alternatives to the use of the celluloid stencil asherein described, such as for example, tinfoil or any other thin pliablemetal which may be suitably cut and conveniently applied to thecelluloid covered heel to permit the color design to be applied withsatisfactory sharpness and uniformity. We have also found that stencilsstamped out of upper leather or certain woven fabrics of sufficientlycompact texture to prevent the passage of the dye therethrough may alsobe used with equal facility.

Insofar as we are aware of the state of the art we are the first toapply ornamental designs to heels for ladies shoes whereby to producethe desirable result of having an ornament upon a heel which may besuitably chosen to match or harmonize with any ornament on the shoe, oreven any ornament or article of clothing of the wearer. We therefore donot intend to be limited 100 to the details of the present disclosurebut shall claim this process and resulting article broadly.

Having thus described our invention what we claim is:

1. The method of ornamenting a celluloid covered heel which comprisesapplying a stencil to said heel, applying a coating of a solvent forcelluloid to render the same tacky and then ap- 2. The method ofornamenting a celluloid covered heel which comprises rendering a.celluloid stencil pliable and tacky by applying a solvent for thecelluloid, shaping said stencil to the curveture of said heel, andcausing the stencil and heel to adhere to each other due to the tackycondition of the stencil, spraying a coating of coloring materialthrough said stencil, and removing said stencil.

3. The method of ornamenting a celluloid covered hee which comprises tosaid heel, spraying, a. coating of a solvent for celluloid to render thesome tacky and then spraying a. coating of a coloring material throughsaid stencil while the celluloid is tacky, and removing said stencil.

4. The method of ornmnenting celluloid covered heels which have beenattached to shoes, which comprises the steps of rendering the contactingapplying a stencil 7 surfaces of the heel and a stencil tacky whereby tocause the some to adhere to each other, applying a solvent for celluloidover said stencil to render the same tacky, spraying a, coating of acoloring material over said stencil while the celluloid is tacky, andremoving the stencil.

5. A method of ornamenting celluloid covered heels ich have beenattached to shoes, which comprises the st his the contacting feces ofthe heel e stencil to adhere to each other due to the tack nature of oneof said so ...ces, applying a solvent for celluloid over said stencil tore .der the some tool: applying a

